11/8/09 Striper trip with my son and father started fishing about 2:00 in the mouth of a creek on the upper end of the lake. Water temp 62, weather high blue bird skies with 0 wind. Began trolling with 4 Cumberland Pro Umbrella rigs dressed with 9 CPL striper spinnners each. All 1 oz 2rigs blue chart 2 rigs chart chart.
Began trolling the bank in 30 feet of water, not much shad or fish. After about 20 minutes marked a school of 6 fish ran over them and two rods went off with two non keepers put in the boat. Moved over a point that dropped off into the channel and began marking bait fish at 30 feet and below. Trolled the area for an additional 20 minutes and did not mark any good sized stripers, so we moved farther up the creek.
Mid to upper section of the creek revealed much more bait on the graph but all still below 30 feet. A little odd for this time of year when often fish are found busting surface. I continued to S curve troll the bank switching depths. 8 more non keepers come to the boat. As I was switching sides of the creek I increased the trolling speed up to 3.5 mph and moved over the channel noticed a lot of bait showing up. Suddenly the #1 rod went off and strained with the weight of the fish. As Kellen grabbed the rod and began to battle the fish, the #4 rod went off and gave Dad some action as well. Three fish on that pass with 2 for the cooler.
Well that's how they want it so that's how we decided to give it to them. Repeated trips zig zagging back and forth over the main channel breaks at higher speeds we ended the day with 5 in the box by 5:00. Ran into a guide buddy that was fishing live bait in the area. Reported a slow day with only 1 keeper in the box.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
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When the weather is high blue bird skies what are some ways to catch stripers this time of year? I'm not set up for trolling, so I will be just casting. I would guess maybe a doll fly or something of that nature. Not really a striper fisherman but do enjoy them this time of year. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks
ReplyDeleteGreat question. It can be a really hard bite with high blue bird skies. If you see any surface activity run to them but stop short and try to coast or trollin moter into them. Cast the Cumberland Pro Striper jig or striper spinner into the area. If the fish do not immediatly slam the jig start stroking and ripping it with your rod. This often times triggers a response.
ReplyDeleteIf you are not seeing surface activity try to locate fish or bait around deep points that break off into the channel. There are a couple baits that can get things going. First is the striper jig with grub trailer. Either slowly real trying to keep the bait moving just above the bottom, or stroking the jig without a trailer off the bottom and let it settle back down. The strike normally happens on the fall. Another option is the Cumberland Pro Lures lil pal. Work it like a jiggin spoon or just slow real it off the bottom.
I hope this helps. Good luck and Good fishin.